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Traffic Management and Road Safety

Course Description:

Traffic Management and Road Safety is part of 9th semester courses. It is compulsory for the students at the Transportation Planning and Engineering cycle. The course includes basic definitions of traffic management (management of traffic flow, vehicles' traffic restrictions, peak hours traffic reduction, preferential treatment of high occupancy vehicles, pedestrian traffic, bicycles traffic, advanced driver-assistance systems, autonomous vehicles) and road safety (data collection and analysis, correlation of accidents with road environment, correlation of accidents with user and vehicle characteristics, identification of high risk sites, analysis of high risk sites locations and related countermeasures, evaluation of countermeasures). The course also includes traffic counts by the students. The course foresees four hours of theory and exercises every week. During the exercises practical examples of applications are developed and in general the overall understanding of the course is assisted. It should be also noted that there is no clear distinction between theory and exercises, since the theory relies on exercises and exercises deal with questions about the theory. Students consist of one class.

Prerequisite Knowledge

Knowledge of basic statistical analysis concepts is prerequisite

Course Units

# Title Description Hours
1 Introduction Definitions Traffic Management Road Safety 1Χ4=4
2 Traffic Management Management of traffic flow Vehicles' traffic restrictions Peak hours traffic reduction Preferential treatment of high occupancy vehicles Pedestrians traffic Bicycles traffic Advanced driver-assistance systems Autonomous vehicles 6Χ4=24
3 Road Safety Data collection and analysis Correlation of accidents with road environment Correlation of accidents with user and vehicle characteristics Identification of high risk sites Analysis of high risk sites and related countermeasures Evaluation of countermeasures 6Χ4=24

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Learn the basic definitions and parameters of traffic management and road safety,
  2. Realise the advantages and measures of vehicle and pedestrian traffic management and policies for parking management,
  3. Understand the importance of collecting and analyzing data to identify and analyse high risk sites and their safety problems and assess relevant countermeasures,
  4. Emphasize the effect of several factors (driver, road infrastructure, vehicle) on road accidents

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods Lectures Solutions of exercises Traffic counts and submission of 3 individual projects
Teaching media Presentations through Power Point slides Demonstration of databases Microsoft Excel calculations
Computer and software use Students solve simple exercises during the lesson, with the support of the Professor
Problems - Applications A booklet with examples of exercises is provided to the students and several exercises are solved during the courses
Assignments (projects, reports) Students create groups of 4 students and carry out counts of pedestrians and vehicle conflicts at predetermined junctions at a major road artery of Athens area. Based on these counts, the first project concerns the analysis of data collected and the development of traffic conflicts diagrams, while the second exercise concerns the calculations of the pedestrian level of service at the examined crossings. The third project concerns the identification of high risk sites and the identification of interventions and evaluation of road safety improvements. Each student submits the three projects individually and is undertaking an oral exam on all of them.

Student Assessment

  • Final written exam: 70%
  • Assignments (projects, reports): 30%

Textbooks - Bibliography

  • Book: "Road Safety ", J. Frantzeskakis - J. Golias. All chapters are being taught in this semester.
  • Book: "Traffic Management", J. Frantzeskakis - Μ. Pitsiava-Latiopoulou, D. Tsampoulas. All chapters are being taught in this semester except chapters 4, 5 and 8

Lecture Time - Place:

  • Monday, 12:45 – 14:30,
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    • Αμφ. Σιδ/κής
  • Wednesday, 08:45 – 10:30,
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